Author : Thomas H. Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015039051514
Dionysian Imagery in Fifth-century Athens by Thomas H. Carpenter Pdf
This is an extensive study of Dionysian imagery found primarily in scenes on red-figure vases of the fifth-century BC but also in the architectural sculpture, coins, and theatre of the same period. Thomas Carpenter seeks to define a methodology for using this imagery as evidence for cultural and religious activity, and challenges some commonly-held views about the meaning of Dionysian iconography, at the same time pointing to problems inherent in the evidence under scrutiny.